The World - News from July 5, 1989
The British government refused to extend blasphemy laws for Muslims who want to bring author Salman Rushdie to trial for allegedly blaspheming Islam. Home Office Minister John Patten told leading British Muslims that extending the laws could damage relations between different religions. But the Muslim leaders vowed to continue their campaign to bring Rushdie to court. Demonstrations in Britain followed the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s denunciation of Rushdie’s novel, “The Satanic Verses,” in February.
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